Bath-strap



L. S. SHUNT.

BATH STRAP. APPLICATION FILED 1ULY29, I919.

1,334,7 1 6, Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

"UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE.

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BATH-STRAP.

Specification 9! Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

Application filed July 29, 1919. 7 Serial No. 814,001.

rial by means of which, strap a person may clean and massage his body,at the same time, the strap being particularly designed for use 1ncleaning and massaging the shoulders and back of a person which areordinarily inconvenient to reach.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bath strap as specifiedwhich is pro vided with a pocket intermediate its ends adapted tocontain detergent material, such as soap, the lather from which, createdduring the rubbing action with the bath strap passes through thepermeable. materlal 0 which the strap is formed and thereby may beapplied'to the body of the person using the device; and further toprovide a nonelastic strip which extends longitudinally through the bathstrap, and has its ends looped to form handles or finger grips for thestrap, which non-elastiestrip will prevent stretching of the strap andwill permit the holding of, the strap .flat and tights againstthe bodyof the user.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the followin detaileddescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming apart of this specification and in which drawing: v

Figure 1, is a perspective view er the im* proved bath strap.

Fig. 2 is. a longitudinal section through the bath strap, and

Fig. 3 is a cross'section through. the bath strap showing the soap ordetergent material retainiug pocket.

Referringmore particularl to the drawings, 1 indicates the main bo y ofthe bath strap, which is composed of a pair of layers 2' and 3 ofpermeable material, such aswool cotton fabric, or material analogous tothat of which bath towels are made, it being woven or knitted to provideridges indicated 7 at 4 which extend transversely across the outersurfaces of the sections 2. and 3' of the bath strap. These ridges areprovided to forth across the body 'of the user.

permit the proper massaging action as well as the cleaning action of thebath strap during use. The sections 2 and 3 of the bath strap arestitched together along their edges, as indicated at 5 and they are eachprovided with a slightly enlarged portion intermediate their ends On oneedge of these enlarged portions, the stitching terminates, leaving anopen space 6 to allow the insertion of a bar'ol soap indicated at 7 intothe pocket 8 formed between the enlarged portions of the sections and 3.This pocket will permit the use of fine or small pieces of soap, flakesoap, or any other suitable detergent material and during operation oruse of the bath strap, the lather from the soap will pass through thesections 2 and 3 and be applied tothe body of the user by the outerroughened surfaces of the sections 2 and 3. In case the outer surface01' one secmeable material. The strip 8 hasits ends looped to form loops9,' adapted to receive the fingers or thumbs of the user to permitthedrawing of the bath strap back arlld T 1e looped ends are stitched tothe main body of the strip 8 and also the-sections 2 and 3. They strip 8is stitched to the sections 2 and 3 at longitudinally spaced intervalsasshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Changes in details, may be madewithout Ideparting from the spirit. of thisinvention,

I claim: "1. As a new: article of manufacture, a

"bath strap composed of a pair of layers of permeable material eachprovided with transversely extending ridges on its outer surface, saidsections provided with enlarged portions intermediate their ends, thesections being stitched together about their edges andhaving theedges ofthe enlarged portion at one side free; from stitching to permit theinsertion of detergent material between the sections at the enlargedportion.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a bath strap comprising a pair ofsections of permeable material, transversely extendin ridges formed uponthe outer surfaces of said sections, a narrow non-elastic strip extending longitudinally of saidsections at their centers and being stitchedthereto at spaced intervals between the facing sides of the sections,the endspf said non-elastic strip being looped and stitched to thesections.

3. As a new article'of manufacture, a bath stra comprising a pair ofsections of permea le material, transversely extending ridges formedupon the outer surfaces of said sections, a narrow non-elastic stripextending longitudinally of said sections at their centers and beingstitched thereto at spaced intervals between the facing sides of thesections, the ends of said non-elastic strip being looped and stitchedto the sections, said sections provided With enlarged portionsintermediate their ends, said sections being stitched together in suchmanner as to form a pocket between said enlarged portions to permit ofthe insertion of detergent material therein.

v LEVON S. SHONT.

